If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! At least being vegan doesn’t mean giving up chocolate. Thanks to my brother who developed a healthy chocolate bar, I can still feed my obsession with dark chocolate. These are made with denatured organic coconut, so there is no…

Vegan Bean Salad is a great side dish adding fiber, protein, vitamins, and antioxidants to your evening meal. Or, if prepared in advance, take it to work for lunch. Prepare beans the day before: 1/2 cup garbanzo beans 1/2 cup navy beans (black eyed beans) Soak bean overnight – change water and continue to soak for…

Do you remember the team building exercise where you close your eyes and are asked to fall backward with your coworkers standing behind you and you are supposed to trust that someone will catch you? It’s hard to do, isn’t it? The death of a spouse feels a lot like that. You close your eyes…

I haven’t posted anything for a while, as I have been very busy working on publishing books my mother has written over the last 20 years. She has been quite prolific. So at this time, I’d like to post a shameless plug about our latest book, Lexi and Marie Curie Saving Lives in World War I….

I’m sure you can relate to this feeling. Everyone feels it from time to time. And there are always people with stories that will outdo yours, but right now, in my life, overwhelmed is an understatement. My husband passed away 11 years ago, almost to the day. Every year, at this time of year, I…

Lately it seems that I have less time to do the things that I want/need to do to stay on top of things. When this happens, life becomes frustrating – always feeling behind. In looking back over time, it appears to me that there are specific times of the year when things move along smoothly,…

I hate spiders! But I know they are great for keeping other insects under control, so I don’t really want to kill them either. But how do you live with the scary creatures?!? Did you know that spiders hate peppermint? I didn’t. I do know that I hate spiders!!! Simple trick – put a couple…

Lately I’ve been stressing about buying a new house. I look around my house, and even though I love my house, all I can see is how we’ve outgrown it. Our lives have become so complex that we’ve filled every nook and cranny with stuff related to every aspect of our lives like we can’t…

A friend of mine passed away recently – he was found by his son with a crack pipe hanging out of his mouth. I am reminded of Whitney Houston who also passed away recently and who was addicted to drugs, yet everyone loved her and she had everything to live for. Now, I know, I’m…